[–] 1 point 14 hours ago

it's however worth pointing out that the lanes don't really matter much if your junctions suck, just piling on more lanes to """""""""increase capacity""""""""""" will almost certainly just lead to traffic jams and misery for everyone involved.

Which is why roundabouts have become so popular, it's a much much better default junction than the intersection. It keeps traffic flowing and eliminates the incredibly dangerous head-on collision.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    even better: Mowing with a scythe lets you easily deposit the grain neatly in a row (windrow), which means you can just have one person hauling ass on the scythe and another behind them bundling up the straws.
    It's honestly pretty insane how close to ideal scythe harvesting is.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    my take is that simply dropping "the" from "the patriarchy" does a lot to make it more useful and less uncomfortable to talk about.
    It's not some specific thing, people don't have meetings on enforcing The Patriarchy, it's just an effect.
    I'm not sure if it's strictly comparable but like, talking about "the democracy" would sound strange, but talking about "democracy" is completely normal.

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